We continue our look at the APS Teachers of the Year with a mini-profile of the Elementary School Teacher of the Year, Morningside Elementary‘s Rachel Willis. Rachel Willis is a product of the Atlanta Public Schools system. After graduating from Grady High School, Willis received a bachelor of arts degree in government from Smith College. In […]
UPDATE: Check out photo gallery here. The Atlanta Public Schools celebrated elementary, middle and high schools that achieved at least 70 percent of their performance targets today during the APS Convocation 2009 at the Georgia International Convention Center. A total of 26 APS schools were recognized during today’s event. Specific performance targets for each APS […]
Fickett Elementary was hoping for about 250 volunteers to show up Saturday for a playground build partnership with KaBOOM! and Foresters. About 540 showed up. That’s the kind of passion that the Ben Hill neighborhood has for the school, which welcomed a completely new playground (with a few surrounding extras) over the weekend. “It’s about […]
Thirty-four Atlanta Public Schools (APS) elementary and middle schools were recognized for their academic achievement and improved performance on state standardized tests by the second annual State Superintendent Distinguished Achievement Awards program. The same number of APS schools were recognized last year as winners of the inaugural Distinguished Achievement Awards. District schools earned awards in […]
B.E.S.T. Academy eighth-grade history teacher Patia Odom-Mitchell was honored by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s metro Atlanta Chapter as an “Unsung Heroine” during their 13th annual luncheon on September 18. She is the founder of Dreams, a mentoring program that provides cultural outings and volunteer opportunities from middle school to students’ junior year […]